Plasma-arc Incineraiton the Myths and Facts

[jameslangstonevans]

plasma gasification is not incineration. the material does not combust, but rather the process works in the near absence of oxygen, and therefore undergoes decomposition, not incineration. All of the material is accounted for in plasma gasification, the only waste is a small amount of slag, which can be used in construction and in many other ways.

[Lenangreal]

well the particles can be filtered, am i wrong?

[NoPegs]

Its a mathematical balance. If you have zero emissions you have infinite energy consumption.  If you have a managable level of energy use, you're not going to have zero emissions.

Yes the technology can be used to make a whole gamut of hazards stuff "safe" but to do so you have to pour massive amounts of energy into the process, which is expensive.

To confirm for the previous posters: Yes this process is a net consumer of energy. Quite a large bit of energy.

[DSBrekus]

His points are probably relevant decades ago... technology has moved on, how old is this video anyway?

[528htz]

There is and has been a technology that meets the needs without overburdening the system. The system can change to accept and tool up for this. Nano particles are still comprised of atoms. What happens if you have the technology to extend the time in the plasma frequency long enough to atomically disassemble the nano particles and or reconstruct the atoms? This is referred to as total destruction or in the case of reconstruction, seeding in certain circles.

[bghblue]

they may or not be net consumers of energy depending on the content of the wastes, for example if the material is mostly organic it will relaease more hyrdogen which is the primary fuel they extract from the gases on the other hand if it is mostly metal then the hydrogen contedt will be very small. but i am not certian of the exact numbers

on another note there is still a solid waste made of a mixture of metal and some other organics

[etep1066]

So, if the nano particles are such a worry should we ban the use of carbon nanotubes in all applications?

[etep1066]

Guys like this make you lose hope. Highlights all the problems we know about and doesn't propose any solutions!!

[etep1066]

Oh and if you cant have zero emissions from any process (as stated against 'incineration' lol) then how can you have zero waste from any general living process?

[foerst2]

Do I  understand correctly that the plasma incinerators are Net consumers of energy, and do not produce greater captured energy than consumed, can anyone confirm?